DarkAdapted

DarkAdapted is an application program. It controls the amount of red, green, and blue in your screen gamma so that you may, for example, preserve your dark adaptation while using your computer. Gamma fades can be scheduled, AppleScripts may be scheduled, and system-wide hotkeys can be set up to execute AppleScripts and gamma fades.

DarkAdapted is being used by astronomers, planetarium operators, graphics professionals, medical professionals, airline pilots, air traffic controllers, and others worldwide to provide flexible, dynamic control over their monitor's screen color response. People with monitors that appear too bright (such as owners of certain iMac models), also find DarkAdapted to be valuable. Users may define an unlimited number of gamma presets, and invoke them via global hotkeys, by menu selection, or by typing the first few letters of a preset’s name.

DarkAdapted Pro is available only to Macintosh users. For a small registration fee ($10 US), the following capabilities are enabled:

Control Window

DarkAdapted’s Control Window is shown above. Here you may adjust the Red, Green, and Blue components of the display gamma, and view its effects on text with a variety of backgrounds. Gamma values can be reported as percentages or as absolute values. Relative gamma values may be maintained by selecting the Gang Sliders control.

Select a preset from the pop-up menu, or just type the first few letters of a preset’s name to select it automatically. You can also save the current screen gamma as a preset in a single step, using either the pop-up menu or a keyboard command.

Control Window, Small Screen Mode
The Control Window is shown in small screen mode here, which saves valuable screen space. You can even run DarkAdapted with no window at all, if you like. In Minimized mode, you can still select and add presets via the keyboard.

Edit Presets Window

DarkAdapted’s Edit Presets Window offers full control over preset gamma values.

The settings you save here (or load from a file) appear in the Control Window’s pop-up menu, and are selectable by typing the first few letters of their name from the keyboard.

System-wide Menu

The System-wide Menu in DarkAdapted Pro gives you full control over DarkAdapted from within any application program.

Try DarkAdapted Pro for free, just by selecting “Try DarkAdapted Pro...” from DarkAdapted’s "Special” menu.

Specify system-wide keyboard shortcuts for any menu item for even greater flexibility.

When you define these “hotkeys,” many of the controls governed by the menu appear at your cursor position, so you never again need to go mousing around to control your screens.

Preferences Window

DarkAdapted’s Preferences Window provides a simple interface to the program’s features, and allows you to fully configure DarkAdapted to suit your tastes and requirements.